Railway.



:No. 846,208. PATENTED MAR.5,1907.

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STEPHEN EDWARD JACKMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RAILWAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed June 18. 1906. Serial No. 322,284.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN EDWARD JACKMAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, Coney Island, borough ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Railway, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The invention relates to switchback or inclined gravity-railways, suchas are used in pleasure-resorts, exhibition-grounds, and the The objectof the invention is to provide a new and improved railway having acontinuous track for the cars to travel on and arranged to afford thepassengers in the cars a long, exciting, and interesting ride.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both theviews.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement, and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same.

The continuous track of the railway has a station portion A, leading atone end to the lower end of the upwardly-inclined uptrack B andconnecting at its other end with the terminal of the homestretch C, andbetween the top of the uptrack B and the beginningpoint of thehomestretch 0 extends an intermediate section D. The station portion Ais approximately level and is built on the ground and arranged to afforda desirable location for the station E to facilitate the embarkation anddisembarkation of the passengers on the cars F, traveling over the corntinuous track. The upt-rack B and the inter mediate track-section D areshown supported on a suitable framework G, while the homestretch C maybe arranged 011 the ground; but this part of the device is not material,as the continuous track may be located in a building built for thepurpose. The uptrack B is provided with an endless propelling-chain H,having spaced cross-bars for engaging from the car or vehicle E,traveling over the continuous track,'and the said endless chainprojections or arms depending H is driven by a suitable mechanism from apower-house I, preferably arranged within the track, as indicated in thedrawings. The

intermediate section D consists of a loop por tion D and a figure-8portion D of which the loop portion D starts upwardly from the top ofthe uptrack B, makes one complete circuit, and finally terminates in thefigure-8 portion D terminating at the beginningpoint of the homestretchC. The middle members D of the figure-8 portion D cross each other indifferent horizontal planes.

Now, passengers desiring to enjoy a ride over the railway embark at theentrance side of the station portion A, and a car F thus filled withpassengers is pushed by an attendant to the bottom of the uptrack B, sothat the endless chainH now engages the car F and pulls the same up theuptrack B, and finally the said chain H disengages the car F whenreaching the uppermost point of the uptrack B and the starting-point ofthe descent at the beginning of the loop portion D. The car now runs byits own gravity over loop portion D, to finally pass onto and down thefigure-8 portion, after which the car passes onto the homestretch C anddown the same, back to the station portion A at the exit side thereof,so that the passengers can disembark from the car, and as soon as thelatter is empty it is pushed to the other side of the station and theabove operation is repeated.

The intermediate section D is preferably provided with dips, asillustrated in Fig. 2, so as to render the ride more exciting.

By the arrangement described the cars continually travel over thecontinuous track, and very little time is lost in the embarkation anddisembarkation of the passengers, and hence many cars can be runsimultaneously on the track, spaced suitable distances apart, and alarge revenue can be derived from the running of the railway in acomparatively short time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A railway having a continuous track consisting ofan uptrack, a homestretch leading back to the foot of the said uptrack,and an intermediate track-section connecting the upper end of theuptrack with the beginningpoint of the homestretch, the saidintermediate track-section having a complete loop portion and a figure-8portion, of which one connects with the uptrack and the other connectswith the homestretch.

2. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, ahomestretch leading back to the foot of the said uptrack, and anintermediate track-section connecting the upper end of the uptrack withthe beginningoint of the homestretch, the said intermediatetrack-section having a complete loop portion and a figure-8 portion,ofwhichthe loop portion connects With the uptrack and leads to the saidfigure-8 portion, and the latter connects with the said homestretch.

3. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, ahomestretch leading back to the foot of the said uptrack, and anintermediate track-section connecting the upper end of the uptrack withthe beginningpoint of the homestretch, the said intermediatetrack-section having a complete loop portion and a figure-8 portion, ofwhich one connects with the uptrack and the other connects with thehomestretch, the end loops of the loop portion and the end loops of thefig ure-8 portion being arranged one above the other.

4. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, ahomestretch leading back to the foot of the said uptrack, and anintermediate track-section connecting the upper end oi the uptrack withthe beginningpoint of the homestretch, the said intermediatetraclcsection having a complete loop portion and a figure-8 portion, ofwhich one connects with the uptrack and the other connects with thehomestretch, and the middle members of the figure-8 portion crossingeach other in different horizontal planes.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN EDWARD JAOKMAN.

WVitnesses:

CHARLES W. JAoKMAN, WILLIAM P. GOEBELI

